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Parent of kindergartener allegedly sexually assaulted by classmate settle with Chester charter school
PHILADELPHIA – The parent of a kindergartener who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a classmate on more than one occasion and who charged the charter school where the assaults took place with not preventing them from happening, has petitioned to settle their claims.
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State College Area School District should allow all students to participate in extracurriculars, plaintiffs reiterate
WILLIAMSPORT – A religious rights group and two Centre County families have maintained that the State College Area School District is unfairly discriminating against home school and parochial school students within its area, by preventing them from participating in extracurricular activities in the District.
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Former Chambersburg student suing district over molestation wants to proceed anonymously
HARRISBURG – A Chambersburg woman who alleged she was sexually molested by her then-high school chemistry teacher over a six-month time period in 2021 and 2022, and that the school district lacked adequate policies and procedures for the protection of its students, seeks the Court to approve her moving forward in the case under a pseudonym.
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Garnet Valley School District keeps pursuing costs of garage fire
MEDIA – The Garnet Valley School District has, through its insurer, stood by its product liability lawsuit against the North Carolina-based manufacturer of a bus which caught fire in the garage where the vehicles were stored, and severely damaged it.
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Hanover Area School District is refused dismissal of case claiming plaintiff's daughter was abused by softball coach
SCRANTON – A federal magistrate judge has denied the Hanover Area School District’s attempt to dismiss claims from a local man, who alleged that his daughter was mistreated and neglected by her softball coach, leading her to eventually suffer a severe brain injury when a batted ball hit her in the back of the head.
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Magistrate judge recommends denying dismissal of gay teacher's wrongful termination suit against Catholic diocese
PITTSBURGH – A federal magistrate judge has once again recommended that a Pennsylvania federal court not approve the Diocese of Greensburg’s attempt to dismiss litigation from a sixth-grade teacher, allegedly fired from Aquinas Academy once his employer learned of his same-sex marriage.
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African national who alleged Temple University discriminated against him during job search settles claims
PHILADELPHIA – An African national who alleged that Temple University’s College of Science and Technology did not hire him for a technical support manager position due to his racial origin and whose representatives allegedly made discriminatory remarks to him, has settled his case.
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Chambersburg Area School District defendants refute family's claims they failed to protect daughter from teacher's molestation
HARRISBURG – Chambersburg Area School District defendants have denied charges that they failed to enact and enforce procedures for the protection of their students, after a local woman alleged she was sexually molested by her then-high school chemistry teacher over a six-month time period in 2021 and 2022.
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Construction company again denies claims of Belle Vernon school district's suit over failed bus canopy
PITTSBURGH – A construction firm has answered litigation by denying claims brought by a Western Pennsylvania school district, one seeking compensation from the construction firm who built an entrance bus canopy at one of its elementary schools, which failed after nearly 15 years of use.
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Woman contends she was injured by flying wood block during high school shop class
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County woman insists she suffered both eye and facial injuries as a 14-year-old at North Hills High School in 2019, when she was struck with a flying block of wood during a wood shop class.
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Delaware Valley University believes it's not at fault for woman's fall on shower floor
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware Valley University has denied claims from a New Jersey woman who alleged that she fell inside a shower area on the school campus due to the institution’s negligence.
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State College Area School District rejects plaintiffs' school activity exclusion claims
WILLIAMSPORT – The State College Area School District has denied claims from a religious rights group and two Centre County families that it is unfairly discriminating against home school and parochial school students within its area, by preventing them from participating in extracurricular activities in the District.
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Lawsuit alleging assault outside elementary school is withdrawn three days after filing
MEDIA – A complaint from a Glenolden man alleging he was assaulted and threatened by an employee of a cleaning service outside his child’s elementary school, has been withdrawn three days after it was filed.
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Gannon University refutes class action claims that it didn't refund fees during COVID-19
ERIE – Gannon University believes that a class action lawsuit brought against it which charged that students were deprived of the on-campus education and experience they paid for, when the COVID-19 pandemic occurred and learning shifted to remote status, fails to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
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Bucks County man challenging Educator Discipline Act wants to do so anonymously
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County man seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the provisions of Section 17.2 of Pennsylvania’s Educator Discipline Act – a statute which he feels criminalizes the disclosure of truthful information connected to the filing of an educator misconduct complaint with the Commonwealth’s Department of Education – wants to proceed anonymously in his action and file unredacted exhibits along with it.
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Judge upholds arbitration award in labor dispute over teacher suspended for sexual misconduct allegation
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has confirmed an arbitration award in favor of a teachers’ union and an educator it represents who was reinstated after a sexual misconduct allegation, while denying a cross-motion for summary judgment from two area schools opposing that action.
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Magistrate judge drops breach of contract claim from school district's suit over failed bus canopy
PITTSBURGH – A federal magistrate judge has partially granted a motion to dismiss from a construction firm defending itself from claims brought by a Western Pennsylvania school district, one seeking compensation from the construction firm who built an entrance bus canopy at one of its elementary schools, which failed after nearly 15 years of use.
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Parents who alleged their child faced racist and anti-Semitic taunts settle with school for $150K
PHILADELPHIA – Parents who alleged that Abington Friends School (AFS) mishandled complaints that their white, Jewish child was being bullied by Black students within the school and that school officials failed to provide them with appropriate learning disability accommodations, have agreed to settle their claims for $150,000.
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Bus company seeking to keep retaliation suit against McKeesport officials alive
PITTSBURGH – A school bus transportation company that filed suit against the City of McKeesport, its school district and several officials alleging they conspired to remove it from an agreement to provide the District with busing as an act of political retaliation is now fighting back against a motion to dismiss the suit from federal court.
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Temple says African national turned down job, then sued
PHILADELPHIA – Temple University has denied that it did not hire an African national because of his racial background, but rather, that it offered him a job and he voluntarily turned it down.